Pinterest has closed a deal for the acquisition of the video creation and editing app Vochi, intended to give creators more tools to develop quality content, according to a press release on Monday (Dec. 6). The acquisition is part of Pinterest’s commitment to assist creators...
Digital payment processing firm Stripe on Monday (Dec. 6) announced the acquisition of app marketplace software platform OpenChannel, which helps businesses build app ecosystems for third-party developers and users. Under the terms of the acquisition, OpenChannel’s team will become part of Stripe’s remote hubs...
Moody’s Corporation is acquiring two European companies in a bid to enhance its Know Your Customer (KYC) capabilities. The company announced in a news release Friday (Dec. 3) it had acquired the U.K.’s PassFort Limited and entered into an agreement to acquire kompany out of...
Coinbase has acquired Israeli-based Unbound Security, which will add more options for crypto-security applications, per a company announcement Tuesday (Nov. 30). The release says Unbound is supporting Coinbase in the new field of secure multi-party computation. This acquisition will afford Coinbase a new way into...
Blockchain.com says it has become the largest cryptocurrency platform in Latin America following its acquisition of the Argentinian company SeSocio. “With its largest acquisition to date, Blockchain.com accelerates its rapidly growing footprint across Latin America, armed with a team committed to crypto adoption across the...
Shopper network startup Bolt closed a deal to acquire embedded commerce platform Tipser for undisclosed terms. The acquisition, Bolt’s first, will drive both firms’ shared goal of facilitating immediate checkout at the point of discovery. “Tipser and Bolt share the same goal of enabling checkout...
Crypto wallet startup BRD has been bought by Coinbase, according to a BRD blog post Wednesday (Nov. 24), which co-founders Adam Traidman and Aaron Voisine say will accelerate the company’s decentralization goals. The post notes that “at this time, nothing will change in the BRD...
Mastercard Inc. on Wednesday (Nov. 24) announced its acquisition of Start Path program alum Arcus FI to assist with bill pay solution delivery and other real-time payment applications across Latin America. Arcus provides bill pay and cash-in, cash-out services for billers, retailers, FinTechs and financial...
